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Heh, after decades of functional programmers being the "well, actually..." crowd at every conference, turns out they were right all along. Just for the wrong reasons!

The pitch:

AI generates tons of plausible-looking garbage Static types catch garbage at compile time OCaml/F#/Haskell fans quietly sipping tea in the corner

The irony? We spent years debating static vs dynamic typing for human developers. But the killer use case may ended up being catching AI hallucinations.

Finally, a business case for monads that doesn't require a PhD!

Time to dust off those Haskell books. Who knew safety could be so profitable? Plot twist: Category theory becomes a required interview question by 2025


If you are still looking for a job -> ping me


unfortunately i am not as clever as the author, otherwise i would have liked to ping you.


That's a really good article!

Do you want to know a bit more?

Ukraine hardware best talents -> 18k/year. Belarus best hardware talents -> 6k/year Some part of Russia best hardware talents -> 14k/year

Eastern Europe -> hardware talent is basically free


You can decent even further, look at what labor in India costs.

Companies are already taking advantage of that and are outsourcing there.


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